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17 unusual facts about Nickelodeon


Animated cartoon

Television animation for children flourished on Saturday morning, on cable channels like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, PBS Kids , and in syndicated afternoon timeslots.

De Bereboot

Later children's channel Kindernet (now Nickelodeon) took over with more success; by 2000 new merchandise was available including double VHS-tapes.

Fab Filippo

He also appeared as Johnny, an adolescent unaware of the fact that he is a ghost, in an episode of the popular Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van het Magische Zwaard

The House of Anubis and the Five of the Magical Sword has aired since 17 March 2010 and was broadcast on Nickelodeon.

Indian Love Call

The first verse to this song is sung by an offscreen narrator in Nickelodeon's 1995 television special, "Oh, Brother" featuring Stick Stickly who seeks for his twin brother in New York City.

Jessica Kardos

She also played Beth's friend in an episode of the popular Nickelodeon TV series Are You Afraid of the Dark even though she is uncredited.

Jim Henson Television

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss 1996—1997 - Live-action/puppet series produced for Nickelodeon

Linda Ellerbee

The company has produced programs for every major cable network, and has as its flagship program Nick News, a news program for children on Nickelodeon.

Linda Ellerbee (born August 15, 1944) is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, DC correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network's Nick News with Linda Ellerbee.

Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing

It includes Nickelodeon characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, Timmy Turner, and Danny Phantom.

Production music

Another notable example is the Nickelodeon animated series The Ren and Stimpy Show, which used both well-known classical music excerpts and a wide range of pre-1960s production music cues—including many pieces familiar from their use in earlier cartoons—which were chosen for their ironic and humorous effect.

Semi-Gloss

They contributed their single "The Sunburn Song" to the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

The Jive Five

Together with Fred/Alan producer Tom Pomposello they embarked on an almost ten-year relationship, creating and singing the a cappella signature sound of the American kids' television network Nickelodeon, one of the first popular "network" specialized cable television channels.

The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns – Again!

Based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series The Penguins of Madagascar, the game stars the penguin characters Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private.

The XYZ Affair

During the summer of 2007 the band filmed their first music video for All My Friends featuring former Nickelodeon TV personalities Marc Summers, Danny Cooksey, Michael Maronna and Jason Zimbler.

United States Bicycle Motocross Association

As much as it was ill advised, they had an agreement with Mr. Roker that he would tape for broadcast on cable TV by the Nickelodeon network the USBA's San Diego National held in early 1986.

Walter T. Foster

The popularity of these children’s books eventually led to licensing agreements with The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Marvel Entertainment, DC Comics and Warner Bros..


Andrés Mercado

He is currently working in the Nickelodeon Latin America production Grachi, as Daniel Esquivel, with Cuban actress Isabella Castillo.

Andy Berman

In his acting career Berman is possibly best known for his role has Dib in the short lived Nickelodeon series Invader Zim and reappering as Dib in the cross over video game SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom.

Anne Robinson

Robinson joined The Sunday Times, and in 1970 the couple had a daughter, Emma Wilson, who is now a British radio disc jockey and has also hosted Scaredy Camp, a game show in the USA on the Nickelodeon network.

Anton Cropper

Cropper began his career working as stage manager on the Nickelodeon series Kenan & Kel, All That and The Amanda Show before moving on as an assistant director on the series Cousin Skeeter, Popular, Arli$$, That Was Then, Six Feet Under and Monk .

Best Friend's Brother

It was produced by Kool Kojak, who also co-wrote the song with Savan Kotecha and Victoria Justice, for Victorious (2011), the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series, Victorious.

Big Time Concert

It premiered on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Brian Biggs

Brian Biggs later began to illustrate for small projects, and eventually illustrated a children's book series, Shredderman, written by Wendelin Van Draanen in 2004-05, which was turned into the Nickelodeon TV film Shredderman Rules.

Brian Sutton-Smith

He has participated in making television programs on toys and play in Great Britain, Canada, and the U.S., and has been a consultant for Captain Kangaroo, Nickelodeon, Murdoch Children's Television, and the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia.

Christy Knowings

Her characters included Penny Lane (inheriting the role from Alisa Reyes, who herself had inhertited the role from Angelique Bates), the dental assistant for Dr. Bynes, Lieutenant Fondue, Jessica from Whateverrr!!!, Yoko from CJ and the Cloudy Knights, and Winter Wonders from What Do You Do? What Do You Do? was a parody of the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out, and Winter Wonders was a parody of Summer Sanders.

Cineme

Cineme judges included prominent figures in the television and motion-picture industries from Cartoon Network, DreamWorks SKG, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Universal Studios.

Dennis Berry

Although he died in 1994, his work continues to be used worldwide, frequently as incidental music in television, most recently in BBC's Little Britain and Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, MTV's The Osbournes and the Nickelodeon cartoons Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Dig Circus

Ironically, several years after the band parted ways, its song "Wishing For a Sail" was chosen as the theme song for the Nickelodeon series Caitlin's Way.

George Skouras

Living frugally on wages as busboys and bartenders in downtown hotels, they pooled their savings of $3500 in 1914 and in partnership with two other Greeks, they constructed a modest nickelodeon at 1420 Market Street on the site of today's Kiel Opera House.

Harvey Gold

Included among the projects he's produced, specials for Nickelodeon, series and specials for Comedy Central and A&E is, for Comedy Central the television series, 2 Drink Minimum, the house band including a couple of his bandmates from Tin Huey, Chris Butler (musician) (as music director) and Ralph Carney.

Isa TKM

Isa TKM (Isa Te Quiero Mucho) is an original telenovela-like teen program from Nickelodeon Latin America in co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Made in Venezuela being the second from three Latin American Nickelodeon programs (The first one was Skimo from Mexico and the third one being La maga y el camino dorado, made in Argentina).

James Kerley

During his time with Nickelodeon, Kerley co-hosted the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards alongside Tony Brockman, Dave Lawson, Jesse McCartney and Sophie Monk.

Jamshied Sharifi

Sharifi went on to compose the soundtracks to many major studio and independent films including Muppets From Space, Down To Earth, Nickelodeon film Harriet the Spy and the Paramount/Nickelodeon film Clockstoppers, and contributed to the scores of The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Rugrats Movie

KAIT

Rodger Bumpass - announcer, film processor, cameraman, audio technician, and technical director (best known for providing the voice of Squidward Tentacles on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants)

Kimmage

Older folk often referred to it as a Nickleodeon, which came from the lyrics of a hit song "Music! Music! Music!" ("Put another nickel in, in the Nickelodeon") by the very popular American singer at the time, Teresa Brewer.

Lauren Montgomery

She also worked on Young Justice and provided storyboards for Book 3 of Avatar: The Last Airbender for Nickelodeon. In 2012, Montgomery returned to Nickelodeon and the Avatar franchise, now as the supervising producer and storyboard artist for the sequel series The Legend of Korra.

Lucille Bliss

A New York City native, she lent her voice to numerous television characters, including the title character of the very first made-for-television cartoon, Crusader Rabbit, Smurfette on the popular 1980s cartoon The Smurfs and Ms. Bitters on the Nickelodeon animated series Invader ZIM.

Mark Risley

Between 2006 and 2009 Risley directed the Nickelodeon TV series Tak & the Power of Juju and two seasons of Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show.

Michael Dante DiMartino

In a 2010 interview the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, confirmed that Michael Dante DiMartino and Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko were developing a new series for the network, called The Legend of Korra.

MKTO

Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller met in 2010 while filming the Nickelodeon television series Gigantic, in which their characters played best friends.

Nick Takes Over Your School

Camp Orange - a reality television series aired on Nickelodeon Australia, often seen as a replacement of Nick Takes Over Your School.

Nickelodeon on CBS

The Nickelodeon shows were removed in 2005 in favor for a return to an exclusively-Nick Jr. block.

Nickelodeon Universe

Levy Restaurants partnered with Nickelodeon Universe to include a themed restaurant at the park.

Nolan Gerard Funk

He received his first break when cast, opposite Tammin Sursok, in the starring role of the Columbia Records/Nickelodeon movie Spectacular!.

Patrick Spaziante

Spaziante other works include worked on Mega Man and Transformers for Dreamwave Productions' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the miniseries Muties for Marvel Comics, and Avatar: The Last Airbender for Nickelodeon Comics, which was based on the television series of the same name.

Peter Lauer

He has since directed episodes of The Secret World of Alex Mack, Strangers with Candy, Dead Like Me, Arrested Development, Malcolm in the Middle, Chuck, Scrubs, Wonderfalls, Remember WENN, Sons of Tucson, and the Nickelodeon film Cry Baby Lane among other series.

Peter Sís

He has occasionally returned to filmmaking, producing commercials for Nickelodeon & PBS Kids, plus shorts for Sesame Street based on his book Madlenka.

Philip Pope

Pope also wrote or co-wrote many comic songs for Not the Nine O'Clock News and Spitting Image including British Number 1 hit single "The Chicken Song" with Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and along with Simon Franglen, he did the main theme for Round the Bend for Yorkshire TV, a three series comedy shown on CITV, later shown on Channel 4 and Nickelodeon.

Platform Post-production

In 2008 renowned VFX editor and colourist John Cryer also bought a share in the business and now works at the facility in DS Nitris, finishing all range of productions for clients including BBC, The Foundation, RDF Television, Lion TV, Five, Channel Four, Nickelodeon and Disney.

Scott Fellows

He is the creator and executive producer of Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The WB's Johnny Test, and for Nickelodeon's hit Kids-Choice-Award-winning TV series Big Time Rush.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights

SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights is a collection of songs played on the Nickelodeon TV series SpongeBob SquarePants.

Stephen Silver

He also worked on Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents as the lead character designer for the Crash Nebula episode special, and some character designs for the movie Channel Chasers.

Steve Siegel

He successfully negotiated, secured and managed licensing for brands such as Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues, Mattel’s Barbie, Pokémon and Betty Boop and expanded the company’s product line into national retailers including Sears, Target, JCPenney and Toys "R" Us.

Summer in Transylvania

It is Nickelodeon UK's first original TV series since Genie in the House.

The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns – Again!

All of the original voice cast from the Nickelodeon television series voice their respective characters in the game, including Danny Jacobs as King Julien and Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Blowhole.

Think Fast

Think Fast!, a children's quiz show on the Nickelodeon network

Toonattik

The strand aired on weekend mornings from 7.25am until ITV Breakfast's closedown at 9.25am, featuring a selection of both British and imported cartoons, mainly from brands such as Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

Twinz

That same year, the Twinz performed their hit single, "Round & Round," on an episode of Nickelodeon's All That.